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made us ask "who's the boss?" ♪ ♪ there is more to life than what you're living ♪ ♪ so take a chance ♪ brand new life around the bend ♪ >> well, if you think of him as a hunt i can housekeeper, wait until you check out the latest role. it's not acting. it's real life. he spent a year teaching tenth graders in philadelphia high school as part of a reality show. and it wasn't easy. >> are you nervous? >> i'm terrified. >> maybe you should wear more undershirts. >> yeah, yeah. i know. >> i'm very concerned he is not qualified to be an english teacher. >> you are right. how about that? you are 100% right. you think you know so much and then you find out you don't know nothing. >> if this doesn't work, you're out of here. okay? >> well, that was a clip from his new show and he says of the a bumpy road that sometimes led to tears, his own. here's what he told john roberts about self doubt as he hit the books. >> a lot of crying we see is you expressing self doubt. >> oh, yeah. >> it's like i don't know if i
made us ask "who's the boss?" ♪ ♪ there is more to life than what you're living ♪ ♪ so take a chance ♪ brand new life around the bend ♪ >> well, if you think of him as a hunt i can housekeeper, wait until you check out the latest role. it's not acting. it's real life. he spent a year teaching tenth graders in philadelphia high school as part of a reality show. and it wasn't easy. >> are you nervous? >> i'm terrified. >> maybe you should wear more...
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barbara starr on the story for us joining us live from new york. barbara, we are hearing about the four suspected suicides in one weekend. an enthat's tough to comprehend because that's already been 14 suicides at ft. hood this year. what's going on? >> well, that's the question, kyra. ft. hood, texas. the army's largest base. some 50,000 troops stationed there. and what is going on? as you point out, the rise in suicides in the u.s. military, especially the u.s. army, very striking over the last several months. commanders really don't know besides the sort of obvious questions of substance abuse, relationship problems, stress from being deployed to war zones. what is causing this tragedy? it is of such concern the commander of ft. hood came out yesterday and offered some thoughts about it. have a listen. >> i will tell you that every one of these is tragic. the rate is higher than any of us, anybody in a leadership position anywhere in the army wants. but i will also tell you that the leaders from the head of the department of army level all the w
barbara starr on the story for us joining us live from new york. barbara, we are hearing about the four suspected suicides in one weekend. an enthat's tough to comprehend because that's already been 14 suicides at ft. hood this year. what's going on? >> well, that's the question, kyra. ft. hood, texas. the army's largest base. some 50,000 troops stationed there. and what is going on? as you point out, the rise in suicides in the u.s. military, especially the u.s. army, very striking over...
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rwanda is a great example to use. is stability spreading through africa or do we have to face things like this? >> i think it's spreading in most parts, not in all. you still have pockets. in fact, places where there is -- countries close, the majority of africa is is seeing this progress in terms of stability and governing. there are many stories out there, but these are the stories also that we need to focus on and work together to try and address that. it all comes down to governing to leadership and making sure we understand what needs to be done and our responsible -- unfortunately, we don't find this everywhere. >> when do you think rwanda is going to be ready for full, conless democracy? >> it's a difficult question. one needs to look at history of the countries that have stability and full blown democracy. they have probably taken not decades, but hundreds of years to do that. it will be, i think, unfair to just think that you would be there, but you need to be on the move, on the journey to being there. that'
rwanda is a great example to use. is stability spreading through africa or do we have to face things like this? >> i think it's spreading in most parts, not in all. you still have pockets. in fact, places where there is -- countries close, the majority of africa is is seeing this progress in terms of stability and governing. there are many stories out there, but these are the stories also that we need to focus on and work together to try and address that. it all comes down to governing to...
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thank you to all of us for joining us. i want to start with you kassim. this is -- it's kind of auto biographical. it's inspired by your upbringing. you're muslim? >> yes. >> and you grew up in michigan? >> yes. >> you had sort of a typical american upbringing in many ways? >> absolutely. >> at some point it became clear to you that you were not the same as everybody else. you were being treated as an other. >> right. >> pick it up from there. >> the reason i made this film, i was raised a certain way, learning a lot of different things about love and acceptance and forgiveness, that kind of stuff. none of which is what's being portrayed nowadays of the whole extremism, terrorism, that angle. so i felt like i needed to do something about it and my voice is pretty much writing this film. >> something interesting that you wrote and i picked up on. you said you as an american not only live in fear of terrorism but you live in fear of being associated with terrorism. >> absolutely. the issue here at the root of this whole thing is the fact that there's this o
thank you to all of us for joining us. i want to start with you kassim. this is -- it's kind of auto biographical. it's inspired by your upbringing. you're muslim? >> yes. >> and you grew up in michigan? >> yes. >> you had sort of a typical american upbringing in many ways? >> absolutely. >> at some point it became clear to you that you were not the same as everybody else. you were being treated as an other. >> right. >> pick it up from there....
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tell us each week what you want us to debate. richard, see you next week. >> see you next week. >>> i'm going to need a minute to recover from that beating. the smackdown i just took from richard quest. but i will be back in a minute. there's a smartphone app for everything else so why not one to make you healthier and maybe get me or you into a skinnier vest. that's part of our continuing eatocracy special series. >>> all right. i've recovered from the whole quest situation. i don't have to deal with that for another week. all this week we are looking at different aspects of food in our lives in our special eatocracy series. there's an app for tracking protein, for tracking your carbohydrates, for tracking your raw food diet. it's called salud and it's being developed right down the street at georgia tech. a doctoral student is with me with the details. thank you very much for this. this is neat. for a guy like me this is perfect because i don't keep track of what i eat to start with. but this goes beyond just listing what you e
tell us each week what you want us to debate. richard, see you next week. >> see you next week. >>> i'm going to need a minute to recover from that beating. the smackdown i just took from richard quest. but i will be back in a minute. there's a smartphone app for everything else so why not one to make you healthier and maybe get me or you into a skinnier vest. that's part of our continuing eatocracy special series. >>> all right. i've recovered from the whole quest...
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he's getting used to them. and i think also maybe he's watching the stakeout because last week we were raising the question has the president lost his mojo. last night i think he was sending a signal maybe to critics that he's still got the mojo and can get momentum going in november getting 26,000 at this rally in madison mostly college students and trying to show, look, they are being up front about saying they are trying to rally a young democrat in particular. they're worried there are a lot of young people who turned out maybe for the first time in 2008, supported president obama then but frankly don't care about the midterm elections and don't see a lot at stakes for them. he's trying to lay that case out for them. maybe that will give democrats some momentum but it's hard to see whether it will matter in the races like in wisconsin where despite the president getting a big crowd are the same people going to show up for russ feingold westbound the democratic senator facing a challenge from robinson down s
he's getting used to them. and i think also maybe he's watching the stakeout because last week we were raising the question has the president lost his mojo. last night i think he was sending a signal maybe to critics that he's still got the mojo and can get momentum going in november getting 26,000 at this rally in madison mostly college students and trying to show, look, they are being up front about saying they are trying to rally a young democrat in particular. they're worried there are a...